๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-97278

HIGH 7.2

WordPress Polylang plugin <= 3.8.9 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in WP SYNTEX Polylang polylang allows Object Injection.This issue affects Polylang: from n/a through 3.8.9.

CWE CWE-502
Vendor wp syntex
Product polylang
Published Oct 14, 2026
Last Updated Oct 14, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

WP SYNTEX / Polylang
0 โ‰ค 3.8.9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/polylang/vulnerability/wordpress-polylang-plugin-3-8-9-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Credits

Ananda Dhakal (Patchstack)